Hi,
Had an appointment to see my GP today, to be honest I had no idea why as I only ever saw my midwife during my last pregnancy but when I first saw her to say I was pregnant she made this follow up appointment.
All went well, heard beans heartbeat again which was fab, my iron levels are better, but she said that from the tests she had done from my first appointment she had found out I had Group B step! I was kind of aware of what it was from reading about how they want it to be routinely tested for in the UK, but I don't think I was tested for it when I was pregnant with Brendan. I've been reading all about it on the net since I got home and it has scared the hell out of me that if it hadn't been picked up the chances of the bean getting poorly after birth would have been fairly high.
I get tested again for it at 36 weeks as there is a chance it could clear up, but if I still have it then they need to give me antibiotics via a drip on the onset of labour.
I would really recommend to any of you that have any more babies in the future to ask about being tested for this, here is a really good website with loads of information on it for anyone interested in learning more
http://www.gbss.org.uk/section.php?section_id=3§ion=what_is_gbs.
Hope you are all doing ok, and getting excited for Christmas! xxx